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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS PORTER DEVENS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CARTRlDGE-LQADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,636, dated March20, 1888.

Application filed December 31, 1887. Serial No. 259.483.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS PORTER DEV- ENS, of Kansas City, in thecounty of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new andImproved Combination-Tool for Loading Cartridges, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a combination-tool for the loading of theordinary form of papershell cartridge, the object of the invention being to provide an automatic shot and powder delivery apparatus that isapplicable for use in connection with such a tube as the oneillustrated, described, and claimed in my prior application, No.238,394, filed on the 16th day of May, A. D. 1887.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification,in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved cartridge-loading implement. Fig.2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a-view of one of theloading-cylinders with the faceplate removed. Fig. 4 is a view of theinner face of one of the adjusting-disks. Fig. 5 is a side view of theimplement, taken upon the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6is a plan view of the implement. Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view takenon line m m of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view taken on line3/ y of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on line 2 z of Fig. 7,and Fig. 10 is a similar View taken on line to 'w of the same figure.Fig. 11 is a vertical central section of the charger-ring.

In constructing such a machine as the one illustrated in the drawingsabove referred to I provide a main frame, which consistsof a standard,10, a clamping-jaw, 11, carrying a set-screw, 12, a forwardly-extendingarm or bracket, 13, which supports a wad-tube, 15, the arm 13 beingapertured to provide for the passage of a plunger, 16, the upper end ofwhich is guided by a bracket, 17, that is connected to the wad-tube 15.

Upon the standard 10 I mount a cylinder, 18, above which there isahopper, 19, formed with a central partition, 20, at either side ofwhich in the hopper-bottom there are apertures 2. Within the. cylinder18 I mount a (N0 model.)

centrally-divided ring, 21, that is formed with two sets of apertures inits peripheral face, said apertures being shown at 3 and 4t and beingalternately arranged, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, and as indicated inFig. 6. At each side of the central partition of the ring 21 I insertdividing-partitions 22, which are each formed with central recesses, sothat the two partitions may be interlocked, these partitions being heldin place by end ribs, 5, which enter recesses 6,formed in the inner faceof the ring 21. In connection with each side of the partitions 22,Iarrange a disk, 23, having inwardly-extending wings 24, which wings,however, do not extend to the center of the disk, spaces being leftbetween the approaching ends of the wings, so that the plate and thewings carried thereby may be adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The disks 23 are connected to facing-plates 25 and 26 by means ofset-screws 27, which pass through slots 28, formed in the disks. The

facing-plates 25 and 26 are connected to the.

ring 2l by screws, as shown, and upon each facing plate there are formedgraduatingmarks 29, by means of which the size of the compartmentsbetween the wings 24 and the partitions 22 may be regulated anddetermined.

A bifurcated lever, 30, is connected to the facing-plates of the ring 21by means of screws 31, which pass through the extending arms of thelever into threaded apertures at the center of the plates 25 26, whicharms rest against the facing-plates, as shown. The lever 30 is formedwith a nose, 32, which enters a slot, 33, that is formed in the plunger16. The facing-plate 26 is formed with notches 6, which are entered by apin, 7, that is carried by a spring, 34, said spring being connected toone of the lever-arms and the arrangement being such that as the leveris raised the facing-plate 26, and consequently the ring 21, will becarried in the direction of the arrow shown in connection therewith inFig. 5, all retrograde movement of the disk and ring being prevented bya spring-clip, 35, which enters notches 8, formed in the peripheral edgeof the facing-plate 26.

In connection with the wad-tube I employ a semicircular tube, 36, inwhich the wads are placed prior to their being inserted in the tube 15,this arrangement greatly facilitating the handling of the wads; andbeneath the wad-tube I arrange a forwardlyextending tongue, 37, saidtongue serving as a support for the wads within the tube 15, and beingat I .extending plate, 40, in which there is an elongated aperture, 41,and the edges of the plate are inclined inward from the upper facethereof, in order that the plate may fit within a dovetailed groove thatis formed in the base 42 of a shell-tube, 43, said base being providedwith a forwardly-extending projection that has a convex-faced recess,44. A stop or limit pin, 45, is carried by the plate and prevents thewithdrawal of the cartridge-tube 43. At each side of the tube 43 thereare upwardly-extending prongs 46, the approaching faces of which areserrated, said prongs being so spaced as to bear against a wad when thetube 43 is moved forward from beneath the wad-tube to a point beneaththe plunger 16. In the lower portion of the cylinder 18 there is an ing,47.

In operation the compartment A is filled with powder and the compartmentB with shot. The tube 43 is moved forward to a position such that acartridge may be inserted through the opening 41. The tube is then movedto the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 and the lever is raised ashort dis tance, which movement of the lever will discharge a quantityof powder to the cartridgeshell within the tube 43. The tube 43 is thendrawn forward, taking as it goes a wad from the tongue 37, the tube 43being moved to a position just beneath the plunger 16. When in thisposition,the lever is depressed to throw the plunger against the wad andto force it home upon the powder. The lever is then raised to carry theplunger from the tube 43,

openand said tube is returned to the position in which it is shown inFig. 2, the lever 30 being still further raised to discharge a load ofshot from one of the compartments adjacent to the facing-plate 26, afterwhich the. tube 43 is drawn forward and another wad taken, as will bereadily understood.

Capping and deoapping devices such as those described in my priorapplication above referred to may be arranged in connection with theplunger 16, and a crimper, 50, may also be provided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a cartridge-loading machine, the combination,with ahopper, of a cylinder formed with receiving and dischargingopenings,a ring mounted within the cylinder and formed with openings inits peripheral face, partitions arranged within the ring, a platecarrying wings which enter the spaces between the partitions, a meansfor adjusting the plate, and a means for turning the ring,substantiallyas described.

2. In a cartridge-loading machine, the combination, with acentrally-divided hopper, of a cylinder formed with receiving anddischarging openings, a ring mounted Within the cylinder and formed witha central partition and with alternatelyarranged openings in itsperipheral face, radial partitions arranged at either side of thecentral partition of the ring, plates provided with wings which restbetween the radial partitions of the ring. facing-plates connected tothe ring and to which the Wingcarrying plates are adj ustably connected,one of the facing-plates being formed with notches in its side face, alever, and a spring-pressed pin carried by the lever and arranged toenter the notches of the facingplate, substantially as described.

FRANCIS PORTER DEVENS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM T. LATHAM, W. J. Hours.

